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Serie A sorry for “inappropriate” paintings in anti-racism campaign

Italian clubs AS Roma and AC Milan say they were “very surprised" by the lack of communication and do not believe "this is the right way" to tackle racism. Serie A later apologised for the "inappropriate" paintings.

17/12/2019

Italy

Italy approves €900 million rescue for bank Popolare di Bari

The Italian government bailed out Popolare di bari for €900 million on Sunday.

16/12/2019

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Riccardo Muti conducts Christmas concert in Italian Senate

Christmas Concert in the Italian Senate with world-famous director Riccardo Muti conducting the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

16/12/2019

Italy

Italy: 54,000 Brindisi residents evacuated as WWII bomb defused

More than 54,000 residents were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi as experts defused a British bomb dropped during WWII.

15/12/2019

Italy

Thousands of Italy's anti-Salvini "sardines" protest in Rome

They have no party symbols, mottos or flags. They are mainly young people, and in only a month they have filled Italy's major squares to protest against far-right leader Matteo Salvini.

14/12/2019

Italy

King Kong, ET and the Alien on display at Carlo Rambaldi exhibition

Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi was awarded Oscars for all three creatures, after learning how to make his first mechanised dummies at his father's bicycle repair shop.

11/12/2019

Spotlight

Foundation promotes sustainable food production

In partnership with Barilla

The Barilla Foundation is trying to tackle the climate crisis by promoting sustainable food production.

07/12/2019

Italy

Are Uefa and FIGC fit to tackle racism without any black executives?

In the two most important football institutions in Italy and Europe, which claim to want to fight racism on the pitch, those who make the most important decisions are almost always white.

06/12/2019

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Rare sighting for coastguards as orcas visit Italian coastal waters

The group – three adults and a calf – were seen swimming just a few hundred meters from the Ligurian shore

04/12/2019

Italy

University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets

The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets.

02/12/2019

Destinations

Rome | Finding wellness in the Eternal City at Dedica Anthology Hotel

Travelling to Rome was like stepping straight into the 1950s film, Roman Holiday, Vespas and all...

02/12/2019

Italy

Tens of thousands turn out for anti-Salvini 'sardine' protest

Tens of thousands turn out for anti-Salvini 'sardine' protest

01/12/2019

Economy

Italy's Di Maio says Rome must delay approval of ESM reform

The head of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement said on Saturday the government should not sign off on a reform of the euro zone's bailout fund until plans for a wider banking union became clearer.

30/11/2019

Italy

Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party

Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy.

29/11/2019

Italy

Watch: Italian MP proposes marriage during debate in parliament

Romantic hotspots of Italy: Florence, Venice and... the parliament?

28/11/2019

World

Italian exporters hope UK election will end Brexit uncertainty

Italian luxury goods manufacturers and other businesses are watching the British market closely ahead of the UK election and Brexit. Euronews reports from Lombardy.

26/11/2019

Italy

Watch: Dramatic footage shows diver rescuing baby girl from frozen sea

Dramatic footage shows the coast guard rescuing a baby from the waves, after a shipwreck left dozens of migrants stranded in the open sea off Lampedusa

25/11/2019

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Watch: Shocking footage shows girl rescued by divers off Italian coast

The coastguard saved 149 people, including 13 women and three children, from a ship that sank on Saturday.

25/11/2019

Italy

Bodies of five migrants recovered from Italian island

Their ten metre long boat was in distress less than one mile off Lampedusa, the Coast Guard said. It was reportedly carrying more than 160 migrants from Libya.

24/11/2019

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Bridge partially collapses, level of River Po rises after heavy rains

Much of Italy is under alert for flooding from heavy rains, a problem exacerbated by a lack of maintenance of the country's many river beds.

24/11/2019

Italy

At least six dead as extreme weather batters Europe

Storms across France, Italy and Greece over the weekend have killed at least six people, and left one more missing.

24/11/2019

Italy

Watch: Youth boxing at Naples church keeps boys from life of crime

In a neglected Naples neighbourhood, this church has been transformed into a boxing ring. There is 40% youth unemployment here and one of the few organisations with jobs on offer is the mafia.

21/11/2019

Italy

Fireworks factory blast kills five and injures two in Sicily

Fireworks depot safety called into question once again as the factory owner's wife and son are on casualties list

21/11/2019

Italy

Severe weather persists as anger rises in flood-damaged Venice

The queen of the Adriatic is drowning. Climate change has been cited but what about corruption?

19/11/2019

Italy

Ischia: Italian island sitting on volcano with no evacuation plan

A 2017 earthquake highlighted just how difficult it can be to manage an emergency on the island. That night about 20,000 people — locals and tourists — came to the port to be evacuated but there were not enough ferries.

18/11/2019

Italy

Italian flood warnings spread beyond Venice to Pisa and Florence

In Pisa, in north-western Italy, 170 paratroopers were deployed to bolster the city's flood defences.

18/11/2019